Lectures on the English Comic WritersWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 222 pages |
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... death to another . It is only very sensi- ble or very honest people who laugh as freely at their own ab- surdities as at those of their neighbours . In general the contrary rule holds , and we only laugh at those misfortunes in which we ...
... death to another . It is only very sensi- ble or very honest people who laugh as freely at their own ab- surdities as at those of their neighbours . In general the contrary rule holds , and we only laugh at those misfortunes in which we ...
Page 7
... death at hearing a lascivious story . Wickedness is often made a substitute for wit ; and in most of our good old comedies the intrigue of the plot and the double meaning of the dialogue go hand - in - hand , and keep up the ball with ...
... death at hearing a lascivious story . Wickedness is often made a substitute for wit ; and in most of our good old comedies the intrigue of the plot and the double meaning of the dialogue go hand - in - hand , and keep up the ball with ...
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... death . The strongest instances of ef- fectual and harrowing imagination are in the story of Amine and her three sisters , whom she led by her side as a leash of hounds , and of the goul who nibbled grains of rice for her dinner , and ...
... death . The strongest instances of ef- fectual and harrowing imagination are in the story of Amine and her three sisters , whom she led by her side as a leash of hounds , and of the goul who nibbled grains of rice for her dinner , and ...
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... death : they may be very good logic , or rhetoric , or philosophy , or anything but comedy . If each of the parties had retained a special pleader to speak his sentiments , they could not have appeared more verbose or intri- The ...
... death : they may be very good logic , or rhetoric , or philosophy , or anything but comedy . If each of the parties had retained a special pleader to speak his sentiments , they could not have appeared more verbose or intri- The ...
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... death of old Double . " Shallow . Come on , come on , come on ; give me your hand , sir ; give me your hand , sir ; an early stirrer , by the rood . And how doth my good cousin Silence ? Silence . Good morrow , good cousin Shallow ...
... death of old Double . " Shallow . Come on , come on , come on ; give me your hand , sir ; give me your hand , sir ; an early stirrer , by the rood . And how doth my good cousin Silence ? Silence . Good morrow , good cousin Shallow ...
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